Léonard Charner
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Léonard Victor Joseph Charner was an Admiral of the French Navy. As a commander of French naval forces in Asia from May 1860 to September 1861, including the Second Opium War and the Cochinchina campa
Léonard Victor Joseph Charner
Battle of Kỳ Hòa
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The Battle of Kỳ Hòa on 24 and 25 February 1861 was an important French victory in the Cochinchina campaign. This campaign, fought between the French and the Spanish on the one side and the Vietnamese
Léonard Charner
…to Saigon (...) What we want is a sort of suzerainty or sovereignty with free trade accessible to all". After three weeks of combat, ending with the Battle of Kỳ Hòa, Charner managed to relieve the Saigon garrison. These efforts allowed the French to capture three provinces of Cochinchina. Charner was replaced by…
Expédition de Cochinchine Attaque des lignes annamites de Saïgon. IFF 80, PPG3721